Summary
Explosive, irritating or toxic products... Some types of waste are considered hazardous to the environment or humans because of their characteristics. Implementing and enforcing waste management methods that protect the environment and human health are part of our mission.
Having an approved manager on your farm is a requirement
In Wallonia, the grouping, pre-treatment, disposal or recovery of hazardous waste within an authorised operation must be under the authority of a responsible person approved by the administration.
This approval is issued by the SPW Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment (SPW ARNE), and in particular the Soil and Waste Department (DSD).
What are the manager's missions?
- To enforce the legal and regulatory provisions
- To enforce environmental permit conditions imposed on the operator
- To order and supervise the execution of any measure necessary to guarantee human health and environmental protection
For what types of operation?
- Waste grouping: the waste is temporarily immobilised on an authorised site. Waste of different origins can be mixed if compatible in nature
- Pre-treatment of waste: the characteristics of the waste are modified. The objective? To reduce the volume or hazardousness of waste, facilitate its handling, promote its recovery or allow disposal
- Waste recovery: waste materials are substituted for other materials or are prepared to serve a useful purpose. For example, using them as fuel
- Waste disposal: e.g. by incineration or deposit in a technical landfill site
What is hazardous waste?
Find the list of hazardous waste defined in the waste catalogue (see "Useful links" below).
Apply for approval for your manager
Approval is free. It generally lasts for five years. Follow the procedure below and complete the online form in order to
- submit an application
- renew an existing approval
- update the data for an approval
- apply for an extension to another site
- request a transfer of approval from an approved responsible person to another person
In detail
The operator of an authorised facility for the grouping, pre-treatment, disposal or recovery of hazardous waste in Wallonia
- Have sufficient training in hazardous waste and, unless exempted, have a university or university-level education in a scientific field
- Be employed on a full-time contract by the operator of the facility
- Not be convicted of an environmental offence
You can apply for approval using the online form on "My Space" (see "Online form" section below). This approval is free. The application can be made in French or German.
DOCUMENTS TO BE PROVIDED WITH YOUR APPLICATION
- a copy of the responsible candidate's diploma
- a CV
- a note on hazardous waste experience
- an extract of the police records
TRACKING YOUR APPLICATION: STEPS
- Complete the online form (see the section "Online Form" below). Attach all requested documents.
- After sending your request, the Walloon administration checks whether your file is complete within 30 days.
- If any information or documents are missing, we will contact you to tell you exactly what needs to be corrected or completed.
- You then have 30 days to send the requested elements.
- Attention: if you do not respond within this period, your request will be denied. We will only ask for additional information once: it is therefore important to respond fully and on time.
- If your file is complete, we will confirm that your request is admissible.
- If any information or documents are missing, we will contact you to tell you exactly what needs to be corrected or completed.
- Once the request is declared admissible, the decision to grant the approval is made within 120 days.
NON-COMPLIANCE WITH OBLIGATIONS
Apart from any legal proceedings, failure to comply with the obligations linked to the approval will result in the withdrawal of your approval.
- Walloon Government Order dated 30 June 1994 with regard to waste from hospital and care and health
- Order of the Walloon Regional Executive dated 9 April 1992 with regard to hazardous waste
- Order of the Walloon Regional Executive dated 9 April 1992 with regard to waste oil
- Order of the Walloon Regional Executive dated 9 April 1992 with regard to polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls
- Walloon Government Order dated 21 October 1993 with regard to animal waste
- Decree dated 27 June 1996 with regard to waste
Who should be contacted?
- You can file an administrative appeal with the competent authority, namely the Minister of the Environment. The appeal is no longer made before the Council of State.
When should the appeal be filed?
- You have a period of 30 days from the receipt of the decision you are contesting. After this period, the appeal is inadmissible.
How should the appeal be filed?
- The appeal must be filed in writing, in the form of a request, according to the procedures provided by the regulations (Article 89 of the Decree of March 9, 2023). This specifically means that: your appeal must be sent through the channels authorized by mail your request must allow for the identification of the petitioner and the date of sending At the same time, you must send a copy of your appeal to the administration that made the decision in the first instance (the DSD)
What information must your appeal contain?
To be admissible, the request must be:
- dated and signed
- and contain at least the mandatory information required by the regulations (Article 117, §4 of the decree).
Specifically, your appeal must include:
- your identity (name and first name or company name, full address, contact details)
- the decision you are contesting (reference and date of the decision)
- the reasons for your appeal (why you disagree with the decision)
- any document useful to support your request
- your signature (or that of your representative)
- If any of this information is missing or if the appeal is not submitted correctly, it may be declared inadmissible.
